The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Bad Axe Hatchets (Bad Axe, MI) and the visiting Cass City Red Hawks (Cass City, MI), observed Bad Axe's basketball team edge Cass City by a score of 48-43.

The Hatchets (12-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Reese (Reese, MI). The Rockets come into the Greater Thumb - West challenge with a 10-7 record. In their last challenge, Reese edged Vassar (Vassar, MI), 62-51, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Hawks encounter the Hemlock Huskies (Hemlock, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, February 3. Cass City will attempt to improve on its 8-8 season record. The Huskies come into the challenge with a 10-6 record after their 41-38 league win over Valley Lutheran (Saginaw, MI).